The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 5
Street after street and all the folks asleep—street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church—till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman.
Calle tras calle y toda la gente dormida—calle tras calle, todas iluminadas como para una procesión y todas tan vacías como una iglesia—hasta que al fin entré en ese estado de ánimo en que un hombre escucha y escucha y empieza a anhelar la vista de un policía.
All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street.
De repente, vi dos figuras: una era un hombrecillo que avanzaba pesadamente hacia el este a buen paso, y la otra una niña de quizás ocho o diez años que corría tan fuerte como podía por una calle transversal.
Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground.
Bueno, señor, los dos chocaron el uno con el otro bastante naturalmente en la esquina; y entonces vino la parte horrible del asunto; porque el hombre pisoteó con calma el cuerpo de la niña y la dejó gritando en el suelo.
It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see.
Suena como nada al oírlo, pero fue infernal verlo.
It wasn't like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut.
No era como un hombre; era como un maldito Juggernaut.
I gave a few halloa, took to my heels, collared my gentleman, and brought him back to where there was already quite a group about the screaming child.
Di unos cuantos gritos, eché a correr, agarré a mi caballero del cuello y lo traje de vuelta a donde ya había un grupo considerable alrededor de la niña que gritaba.
He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running.
Estaba perfectamente tranquilo y no opuso resistencia, pero me dirigió una mirada tan horrible que me hizo sudar como si estuviera corriendo.
The people who had turned out were the girl's own family; and pretty soon, the doctor, for whom she had been sent, put in his appearance.
Las personas que habían salido eran la propia familia de la niña; y muy pronto, el doctor, por quien ella había sido enviada, hizo su aparición.
Vocabulary
- Calle
- Street
- tras
- After, behind
- calle
- Street
- y
- And
- toda
- All, entire (feminine)
- la
- The (feminine singular)
- gente
- People
- dormida
- Asleep, sleeping (feminine)
- todas
- All (feminine plural)
- iluminadas
- Illuminated, lit up (feminine plural)
- como
- Like, as, how
- para
- For, in order to
- una
- A, an (feminine singular)
- procesión
- Procession, parade
- tan
- So, such, as
- vacías
- Empty (feminine plural)
- iglesia
- Church
- hasta
- Until, even, up to
- que
- That, which, than
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- fin
- End, conclusion
- entré
- I entered, I went in
- en
- In, on, at
- ese
- That (masculine demonstrative)
- estado
- State, condition
- de
- Of, from
- ánimo
- Mood, spirit, mind
- un
- A, an (masculine singular)
- hombre
- Man
- escucha
- Listens, hears (third person or command)
- empieza
- Begins, starts (third person singular)
- a
- To, at
- anhelar
- To yearn, to long for
- vista
- View, sight, vision
- policía
- Police, police officer
- De
- Of, from
- repente
- Suddenly (used in phrase de repente)
- vi
- I saw
- dos
- Two
- figuras
- Figures, shapes
- era
- Was, it was (third person imperfect)
- hombrecillo
- Little man, small man
- avanzaba
- Was advancing, was moving forward
- pesadamente
- Heavily, with difficulty
- hacia
- Toward, towards
- el
- The (masculine singular)
- este
- East, this (masculine)
- buen
- Good (masculine, before noun)
- paso
- Step, pace, passage
- otra
- Other, another (feminine)
- niña
- Girl, child (feminine)
- quizás
- Perhaps, maybe
- ocho
- Eight
- o
- Or
- diez
- Ten
- años
- Years
- corría
- Was running, ran (third person imperfect)
- fuerte
- Strong, hard, loud
- podía
- Could, was able to (imperfect)
- por
- By, for, through, along
- transversal
- Cross street, transversal
- Bueno
- Well, good, okay
- señor
- Sir, mister, gentleman
- los
- The (masculine plural)
- chocaron
- They crashed, collided
- uno
- One
- con
- With
- otro
- Other, another (masculine)
- bastante
- Quite, enough, rather
- naturalmente
- Naturally, of course
- esquina
- Corner
- entonces
- Then, so, at that time
- vino
- Came, arrived (third person preterite)
- parte
- Part, portion
- horrible
- Horrible, terrible
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- asunto
- Matter, affair, subject
- porque
- Because
- pisoteó
- Trampled, stomped on
- calma
- Calm, calmness
- cuerpo
- Body
- dejó
- Left, stopped, let (third person preterite)
- gritando
- Screaming, shouting (gerund)
- suelo
- Floor, ground
- Suena
- Sounds, rings (third person singular)
- nada
- Nothing
- oírlo
- To hear it
- pero
- But
- fue
- Was, went (third person preterite)
- infernal
- Infernal, hellish
- verlo
- To see it, to see him
- No
- No, not
- maldito
- Damned, cursed
- Di
- I gave, I said (first person preterite)
- unos
- Some, a few (masculine plural)
- cuantos
- A few, several
- gritos
- Screams, shouts
- eché
- I threw, I started (first person preterite)
- correr
- To run
- agarré
- I grabbed, I seized
- mi
- My
- caballero
- Gentleman, knight
- cuello
- Neck, collar
- lo
- Him, it (masculine direct object)
- traje
- I brought, suit (depending on context)
- vuelta
- Turn, return, round
- donde
- Where
- ya
- Already, now
- había
- There was, there were, had (imperfect)
- grupo
- Group
- considerable
- Considerable, significant
- alrededor
- Around, surrounding
- gritaba
- Was shouting, was screaming (imperfect)
- Estaba
- Was, he/she was (imperfect)
- perfectamente
- Perfectly
- tranquilo
- Calm, quiet, peaceful
- no
- No, not
- opuso
- Opposed, put up (third person preterite)
- resistencia
- Resistance
- me
- Me, to me
- dirigió
- Directed, addressed (third person preterite)
- mirada
- Look, glance, gaze
- hizo
- Made, did (third person preterite)
- sudar
- To sweat
- si
- If, whether
- estuviera
- Were, was (imperfect subjunctive)
- corriendo
- Running (gerund)
- Las
- The (feminine plural)
- personas
- People, persons
- habían
- Had, they had (pluperfect)
- salido
- Gone out, left (past participle)
- eran
- Were, they were (imperfect)
- propia
- Own, proper (feminine)
- familia
- Family
- muy
- Very
- pronto
- Soon, quickly
- doctor
- Doctor
- quien
- Who, whom
- ella
- She, her
- sido
- Been (past participle of ser)
- enviada
- Sent (feminine past participle)
- su
- His, her, its, your, their
- aparición
- Appearance, apparition
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